Why I Want To Go To Thailand and Escape! #ThailandEscape Thursday 19 January, 2017
Hello! New Year and its new traveling plans for 2017, and I have something special I want to share with you all. I have applied for a once in a lifetime opportunity to go to Thailand! DreamJobbing has organized a casting to selected five millennials from all over the country to go to Thailand on a digital detox. Basically travel like its 1999 again. No phone. No social media. No hashtagging. No travel selfies in real time. No going LIVE. Nada.
I am a stereotypical millennial. I am beyond addicted and I need an escape from it. Phones are addictive. I can admit I am addicted to my phone. I have been conditioned for years to have my phone and depend on it. Well I need a break – and I would love this break in amazing Thailand! Notification Free!
You all know I love to travel, and I kid you not Thailand has been on my travel bucketlist for the past two years {its on my visionboard}. I love Asian culture, but Thailand would be an amazing experience and my first Asian country I have visited if I am selected. Check out below my video application.
WHY I NEED THIS DIGITAL DETOX TO THAILAND
Rehab from Phone Dependency – I’ve been addicted to my phone my whole adult life. Literally 1999 was probably the last time I didn’t have a cell phone. AOL dial-up days man…yup that’s when I didn’t have a cell phone. Do you see the problem though? My whole adult life I have been addicted to my phone. I don’t know any better. As I got older in my teen and into my adulthood, phones and technology only improved. I honestly don’t know what it is like to not have a phone. My phone is my crutch. I would love an experience where my phone is not a priority.
I need a break from social media – This is obvious. I can admit I am a typical millennial addicted to my phone. It’s a crutch and honestly I dont know how I could remove myself from it with my currently lifestyle. I am a blogger/influencer so not only is social media what I do in my free-time, its apart of my profession. My profession blends in with my personal life, and social media doesn’t turn off. I need to turn it off.
I need a real vacation– Truth be told, I need a vacation. Majority of the tripa I have been blessed to go on over the last 2 years were work related. I am blessed I can say that traveling is added to my job decription, and of course social media is apart of it. So while I am having fun on my work press trips, I am still working. I am not away from my phone. My phone is apart of my job. Uploading in real time on my experiences on what I am doing, where I am staying, what I am eating, it is part of the influencer/blogger social part of my job. Even if I have my own vacation and not doing anything blog related, MY FRIENDS are also indulged in social media. People can’t even go on vacation anymore without hashtagging and taking pictures online. We are sharing our experience live and sometimes forgetting to live in the moment of the vacation.
Learning to live in the moment – I am almost forgetting what it is like to live in the moment. The internet is always around me. I find myself constantly checking my phone even if I am not uploading. I am checking emails, checking my text, laughing at a meme online, Googling things, and forgetting my surroundings. I try my best now to put my phone down in certain situations, but honestly when something “cool” happens social media will know! Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, etc…I am live documenting it. I need to detach more and BE in the moment.
Cultural Appreciation – Thailand is on my vision board and bucketlist of travels. I love Asian culture and Thailand has peaked my interest over the last few years. I heard so many great things, so many cool festivals, the food, the beaches, markets, temples, monuments and more! I want to soak that all in am come back more cultured than ever and really get to know Thailand for what it is.
Travel Journaling – Well since I can’t be on social media for the trip, I will have a very big travel journal. I love scrapbooking and planning, but travel journaling is something I haven’t been doing as often as I should. Blame social media. I want to have a physical book of my memories, photos and little mementos of my experience in Thailand. I can document manually everyday, what it was like and actually build my travel journal day-by-day with no excuses. I would love to go back to the basics of documenting my life and have physical memories and proof of my experience. It will mean more anyways.
2 week Escape – I don’t remember the last time I had a 2 week escape from anything. I never enjoyed a two week vacation before, I never had to be away from America for more than two weeks at a time so this is definitely going to be my longest break ever. I need to detach, not worry about working or doing something for someone else here. This will be a break from my American culture of doing things, completely away from what I am used to and embrace my new experience and forget what I have going on in America. When was the last time any of us done that honestly? A true temporary escape, I need this.
Abroad Experience – I traveled to difference countries, but by far this will be my farthest country I have ever been. I am excited about that, but also this will be my own mini abroad experience. I never got a chance to do a study abroad program in college. I had to work in college and I needed my job, so in essence this can be my study abroad story. Or also the start of a future expat experience, I am toying with the idea of becoming a digital nomad in the future.
Unforgettable Memories – This experience with the Thailand Tourism Board + DreamJobbing is a once in a lifetime experience. I have no idea what is exactly in store but I am ready to make some amazing memories with new people. I am a social person, I love to explore and do things I can share with others later. I am sure the memories and experiences I make in Thailand will be great for me to share with my friends and platform when I return. If selected, I will be one in five millennials who got a chance to go to Thailand completely unplugged. How many people can say they were apart of something like this? I hope I can.
This is just a few reasons why I would love to go. But can I do it? Can I live without my phone?
Um yeah! Please take my phone from me! I need this excuse and to be quiet honest, I think this particular opportunity would be the only way I could do it without freaking out or mixing my work and lifestyles together. Once again social media is apart of most millennials lifestyle and its integrated heavily in my professional endeavors weekly. So even if I took a personal break, my profession depends on it. So this digital detox will take me from my personal + professional life for a week. I need the break badly.
Me, everyday on my phone. Dusk til Dawn.
Also this opportunity reminds me of some modern millennial version of THE REAL WORLD [no phone edition]. I can do it! I may be a typical phone addicted millennial but I was still apart of the generation that didn’t have cell phones either at one point. Phones for many of us are apart of our lives, it multi-usage but it also keep you too connected digitally but not enough realistically. We text our friends, but sometimes can’t make time to see them. We are online, but can’t seem to be in touch offline. That is an issue.
“Dude, get off your phone”
When I think this Thailand Digital Detox will mean for me is not just a vacation, but a way for me to get back in tune with reality. I live in America we are busy and consuming things all the time. Highly distracted. I want to focus. I want to live the moment. I want to have a travel abroad experience and social media doesn’t have to be there every step of the way. If this is my top bucketlist place to visit, then I would be honored to do so with my full attention un-distracted by a device!
Please click photo & watch my submission video and see how I would love to be apart of this amazing experience. If you think I should be apart of this opportunity I would really appreciate some great energy and a comment under my video sending me well wishes for me to go to Thailand here.
Thanks so much for reading why I need this digital detox to Thailand. Please send some positive energy for me and I am trying to manifest a trip of a lifetime and ditch the digital for 12 days!
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It is true that social media was all around us like we cannot live without it. Documentation of life,physical memories and proof of experience cannot be shared to everyone without it. But I think we should be more attached to the place and its environment, its people aside from our cell phones. We are on a vacation for some rest and to reinvigorate, can’t we give ourselves a break from all of this stuff?
That is quite a challenge, to live without social media and internet for 2 weeks! I did it last year, when I went to Cuba. Forced, as there is no internet there. And you know what? I loved it! I appreciated everything surrounding me and I paid so much more attention to people and sights.
This sounds like a great experience! I never buy a data plan when I travel so that I force myself to take time away from the internet and social media. A digital detox in Thailand sounds like a dream come true!
Thailand has always been a dream trip of mine! It certainly looks like a gorgeous place to escape from the daily grind!Hopefully I’ll get there someday!
I will happily go with you! It’s also on my list of places to visit. My issue is how long it takes. Hong Kong was a rough flight but I can I could just sleep
Wow, this would be an amazing experience. I am addicted to my phone and i really need to just go somewhere and get away from all of it! Thailand would be a dream to visit.
Thailand is such a good idea for a tropical get-away.
I also love the idea of just taking in the surrounding environment rather than being immersed in smart devices!
I have yet to visit Thailand. I have a family member who has this on her travel bucket list. I can’t wait to hear about her experience when she does cross it off her list.
Thailand is so beautiful. A true tropical paradise. Oh my, I would just love to hop on a plane and go there right now. I wish our plans of having a trip to Asia would materialize this year!
Good luck, lovely!! I think a digital detox sounds wonderful – especially in beautiful Thailand! My dad goes there quite often and a bunch of my friends went there last year and had a blast!! It’s definitely on my bucket list too! ^^
You will enjoy it. The last time we went on vacation where I didn’t use my phone for a month was a few years ago. I still remember how hard it was to START using the photo again after we got back.
I’ve heard Thailand is beautiful! My boyfriend and I are thinking of going there soon. Compared to many other travel destinations, Thailand is pretty inexpensive too. Great choice! Pinned.
I am sitting here reading your post and the whole time I find myself nodding. I need a break from the world, social media … a true escape. I need to refocus life and get back to the basics of family and love. A true vacation? What in the world is that! Thailand looks gorgeous and the experience is one of a lifetime. Beautiful!
I want to go to Thailand too for all those reasons and more.. my husband went with friends when he was single a long time ago and he said it was a very interesting place!
I am so ridiculously jealous of you for this! 1. Thailand is one of my top places I want to visit 2. I am craving a digital detox too!! Have so much fun.
You live an exciting, awe-inspiring life, Ms. Kiwi! This experience sounds phenomenal; furthermore, it seems as though it would only be right for you to be chosen. Good luck!
Good luck on manifesting your trip. I hope you make it there! I’d love to visit as well because I love Thai food and the beaches look amazing. I am with you on having a real vacation. At some point, we all need a digital detox.
Hey I love Thailand, I went three times last year alone. BUT, you don;t have to go so far to detox from your phone or build wonderful memories. lol. With that said, good luck… I hope you win!!!
“We are sharing our experience live and sometimes forgetting to live in the moment of the vacation.” Quote of the day! That is so true. I try my best to live in the moment and at least put down the phone and shut off the pc, but what a happy day it would be to be able to detox from all devices. Scary too…but amazing. Good luck.
I absolutely LOVED Thailand. While I didn’t do a digital detox, I didn’t use my phone as much because in certain areas the wifi was limited. It was one of the best trips I’ve had to date. The flight there is super long (it took me over 24 hrs w/ a layover in China), but I’d definitely go again. Good luck on your application
Kiwi, I’m right there with you. I’m not a millenial, but I’m on my phone non-stop.
Except my husband and I need a vacation – without our son.
It’ll be 8 years and we’ve never gone more than 1 night away.
I wish you all the best with the contest.
Ahhhhh Unfortunately we are all probably addicted to our phones. I hope that you are chosen to go on this trip. When will you know? I love Thailand, I went for my 30th birthday and had a blast. Journal is a way to keep everything well documented.
Thank you sweet baby Jesus I am not a millennial!!! I can forget to grab my phone at home and go to work without having a panic attack. This sounds like a totally awesome experience. I am going to check out Dream Jobber for myself!!
It is true that social media was all around us like we cannot live without it. Documentation of life,physical memories and proof of experience cannot be shared to everyone without it. But I think we should be more attached to the place and its environment, its people aside from our cell phones. We are on a vacation for some rest and to reinvigorate, can’t we give ourselves a break from all of this stuff?
I am right there with ya. I would be a dream come true to go there.
Oh my goodness! Thailand looks amazing. I would love to go there and escape too 🙂 Their culture looks so beautiful.
I am dying to go to Thailand. A good friend of ours goes there often and has been telling us for years to go with them! Hoping it will happen soon!
This would be a dream come true. I’m always on my phone and sometimes feel disconnected from real life!
Wow, this looks like it would be quite the adventure!!
It definitely would be an exercise in living in the moment!
That is quite a challenge, to live without social media and internet for 2 weeks! I did it last year, when I went to Cuba. Forced, as there is no internet there. And you know what? I loved it! I appreciated everything surrounding me and I paid so much more attention to people and sights.
This sounds like a great experience! I never buy a data plan when I travel so that I force myself to take time away from the internet and social media. A digital detox in Thailand sounds like a dream come true!
I hope you get to go on your dream trip one day!!!
I can see how you would fully enjoy and benefit from a trip to Thailand. I truly feel this sounds like a wonderful experience!
I have always wanted to visit Thailand. I’ve seen some amazing shots and footage. It’s just so beautiful.
I have heard so many good things about visiting Thailand. It looks like an amazing place to visit.
How cool is that. I know I certainly could not do that. Sure I can unplug for a day but not that much longer!
I have always wanted to go visit Thailand myself and recently saw how cheap it is to go so maybe someday!
Thailand looks beautiful. I think I need to go too.
Thailand has always been a dream trip of mine! It certainly looks like a gorgeous place to escape from the daily grind!Hopefully I’ll get there someday!
I would LOVE to go. Thailand looks gorgeous and I know I’d have a great time.
I love to travel. I hope you make it to Thailand and have the time of your life!
ROFL, I’m trying to think what social media we had in 1999. Maybe My Space? I can’t even remember. Good luck on being on the finalists.
I really need to get off my phone too. I feel like my phone is like my computer these days, so it is hard to separate the two!
I will happily go with you! It’s also on my list of places to visit. My issue is how long it takes. Hong Kong was a rough flight but I can I could just sleep
Wow, this would be an amazing experience. I am addicted to my phone and i really need to just go somewhere and get away from all of it! Thailand would be a dream to visit.
Thailand is such a good idea for a tropical get-away.
I also love the idea of just taking in the surrounding environment rather than being immersed in smart devices!
I have yet to visit Thailand. I have a family member who has this on her travel bucket list. I can’t wait to hear about her experience when she does cross it off her list.
A digital detox while traveling sounds amazing! Especially in a place like Thailand – it would really allow you to soak in the natural beauty.
Thailand is so beautiful. A true tropical paradise. Oh my, I would just love to hop on a plane and go there right now. I wish our plans of having a trip to Asia would materialize this year!
Thailand is so gorgeous! I have always thought it would be amazing to visit and ‘unplug’ while traveling through!
Good luck, lovely!! I think a digital detox sounds wonderful – especially in beautiful Thailand! My dad goes there quite often and a bunch of my friends went there last year and had a blast!! It’s definitely on my bucket list too! ^^
Thailand would be an incredible destination. I would love to unplug and enjoy my surroundings more.
You will enjoy it. The last time we went on vacation where I didn’t use my phone for a month was a few years ago. I still remember how hard it was to START using the photo again after we got back.
I feel the electronic addiction too! I think it would be so refreshing to actually be able to detox in such a beautiful land.
This is a travel spot I’ve never thought of, but now I’m thinking.
I’ve heard Thailand is beautiful! My boyfriend and I are thinking of going there soon. Compared to many other travel destinations, Thailand is pretty inexpensive too. Great choice! Pinned.
Thailand would be a great spot to get away. I wish I was going on press trips. They sound fun!
Thailand is certainly beautiful and a digital detox sounds uh-mazing. I especially love the idea of travel journaling!
Ooooh! I would LOVE to go to Thailand! It’s definitely somewhere on my bucket list. I think I’d keep the kids behind though and go with the hubby!
It sounds like a great vacation. I would love to go there someday! It’s a beautiful place.
I am sitting here reading your post and the whole time I find myself nodding. I need a break from the world, social media … a true escape. I need to refocus life and get back to the basics of family and love. A true vacation? What in the world is that! Thailand looks gorgeous and the experience is one of a lifetime. Beautiful!
GIRL! I am sitting here wishing I could go! This would be so amazing!! Good luck, I hope you win and if you do, YOU CAN DO IT!
This sounds like a wonderful break! I hope you get your trip to Thailand, girlie!
Thailand is definitely on my list! Good luck, hope you get picked!
I have heard great things about Thailand as a travel destination. I surely hope that you get the opportunity. Good luck!
I want to go to Thailand too for all those reasons and more.. my husband went with friends when he was single a long time ago and he said it was a very interesting place!
I am so ridiculously jealous of you for this! 1. Thailand is one of my top places I want to visit 2. I am craving a digital detox too!! Have so much fun.
**IF you get it!! I got so caught up in the idea that i forgot you are still trying to make it happen, lol! Good luck, lady!
You live an exciting, awe-inspiring life, Ms. Kiwi! This experience sounds phenomenal; furthermore, it seems as though it would only be right for you to be chosen. Good luck!
Everything I see about Thailand is breath taking. But two weeks without my phone won’t work unless everyone and everything I manage are with me! LOL
What an amazing landscape to live in. Someday I wish to visit or live in such a marvelous place. Thanks for sharing your experiences with the world.
Good luck on manifesting your trip. I hope you make it there! I’d love to visit as well because I love Thai food and the beaches look amazing. I am with you on having a real vacation. At some point, we all need a digital detox.
Hey I love Thailand, I went three times last year alone. BUT, you don;t have to go so far to detox from your phone or build wonderful memories. lol. With that said, good luck… I hope you win!!!
I love Thailand!! i had an amazing time there 🙂
Oh yes, that’s such a lovely destination to unwind. I had been there a few years ago. Absolutely loved it and returned, rejuvenated.
Omg I would love to visit Thailand one day!!!!! Such an amazing place!!!
Thailand is on my wish list! Fingers crossed that you get to go 🙂
“We are sharing our experience live and sometimes forgetting to live in the moment of the vacation.” Quote of the day! That is so true. I try my best to live in the moment and at least put down the phone and shut off the pc, but what a happy day it would be to be able to detox from all devices. Scary too…but amazing. Good luck.
This sounds like an amazing opportunity. I’ve always wanted to visit Thailand. I wish you the best of luck on the application. Keep us informed.
Great post you make Thailand sound amazing!
I absolutely LOVED Thailand. While I didn’t do a digital detox, I didn’t use my phone as much because in certain areas the wifi was limited. It was one of the best trips I’ve had to date. The flight there is super long (it took me over 24 hrs w/ a layover in China), but I’d definitely go again. Good luck on your application
Great reasons to want to go. I would like to go myself.
This adventure has fun, excitement and experiences written all over it! I hope you’re selected.
Kiwi, I’m right there with you. I’m not a millenial, but I’m on my phone non-stop.
Except my husband and I need a vacation – without our son.
It’ll be 8 years and we’ve never gone more than 1 night away.
I wish you all the best with the contest.
ooooh Thailand sounds so needed right now! I’ve never been outside of the country (yet) but if you go, PLEASE blog/vlog it!
Thailand is on my bucket list. This review will definitely help me figure out a real plan!!
This is a great idea! Sometimes you just need a break from life
Oh my that would totally be a dream vacation! I love Asian culture too. I hope they select you to go.
Ahhhhh Unfortunately we are all probably addicted to our phones. I hope that you are chosen to go on this trip. When will you know? I love Thailand, I went for my 30th birthday and had a blast. Journal is a way to keep everything well documented.
Thank you sweet baby Jesus I am not a millennial!!! I can forget to grab my phone at home and go to work without having a panic attack. This sounds like a totally awesome experience. I am going to check out Dream Jobber for myself!!
Ohhh my friend is visiting Thailand next week 🙂 Waiting for your updates. Good luck!